That's the one firm conclusion I've come to in the six years I've spent as a member of the football media after retiring from the game in 2008. You can never go wrong in the eyes of your faithful by "taking action" and "showing that you aren't going to stand for losing" in the minds of the vast majority of those fans by making some kind of a major move.

The recent moves by Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and the general fan reaction to those dismissals this week is what crystallized this concept for me. Pretty much every tweet, phone call on my SiriusXM NFL Radio show, and email to my podcast fully endorsed the moves to part ways with team CEO Joe Banner and General Manager Mike Lombardi even though it showed Haslam really hasn't had any plan in place or shown any foresight to this point as his owner of their beloved Browns.

That doesn't matter. What matters is he's "showing" that "losing is unacceptable" despite the fact that all of the evidence suggests constantly changing the front office and coach hasn't led to any improvement on the field for the Browns since they returned to the banks of Lake Erie in 1999.

To be fair, most of the fans had a dislike for Banner and Lombardi right from the start. Lombardi was blamed for a lot of the things that happened during his first stint in Cleveland and Banner was more or less guilty by association. I can see that and understand how those fans feel. Plus, as far as fan bases go, I find Browns fans to be among the most knowledgeable and as such a decent percentage of those fans weren't happy when Banner and Lombardi decided to fire head coach Rob Chudzinski after just one season in Cleveland.

The majority, however, just said "4-12 is not OK" and were happy that "Chud" was removed even though he went through three quarterbacks and had his first-round running back traded away for a future draft pick midway through his only season.

Fans don't like losing. They shouldn't. It's amazing, however, how many of them just want the team to do something, anything, after a disappointing year even if staying the course would be the best course of action.

It honestly reminds me sometimes of ancient Rome during the gladiator games when the emperor would gauge the crowd's reaction to decide whether or not the losing gladiator should be killed or not.

If you are an NFL owner looking to appease the masses just give the thumbs down signal.